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382: 60: 690: 277:, working in the research and experimental department with Sir Reginald Stradling. His work involved investigating the effects of explosives on buildings, shelters, and firefighting. He worked with 608: 750: 745: 730: 725: 527: 325:
at Leeds and became the head of the department in 1949. He left Leeds to become Professor of Applied Science with special reference to Engineering at
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Christopherson married Frances Edith Tearle in 1940; the couple had five children. Their son,
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Christopherson died on 7 November 2000, aged 85. He was interred with his wife at the
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Christopherson was born the son of a clergyman, Derman Christopherson (the vicar of
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Christopherson was the first to apply the method in the solution of field
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Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences alumni
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in engineering at Cambridge. Christopherson was then appointed
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Vice-Chancellor & Warden of the University of Durham
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Most of Christopherson's research was conducted at the
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Presidents of the Association for Science Education
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As a boy, Christopherson suffered from 152:Learn how and when to remove this message 461: 371: 741:Masters of Magdalene College, Cambridge 14: 658: 637:Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge 706:Academics of the University of Oxford 716:Academics of Imperial College London 711:Academics of the University of Leeds 686:Alumni of University College, Oxford 516: 514: 408:adding citations to reliable sources 375: 86:adding citations to reliable sources 53: 27:British engineering science academic 681:People educated at Sherborne School 24: 292: 25: 767: 511: 488: 380: 352:. He served as such until 1988. 246:. He contributed to Southwell's 219:. The following year he went to 211:. Later, in 1937, he achieved a 58: 234:as a research assistant to Sir 756:20th-century British engineers 563: 313:research especially. He was a 264: 13: 1: 504: 470:. London: S.C.M. Press, 1959. 360:Christopherson was elected a 309:(1949โ€“55). 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